Excitotoxic lesions of the rat striatum: Different responses of kynurenine pathway enzymes during ontogeny

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-69

  Ceresoli, Gianpiera ^a   Fuller, Michael S ^a   Schwarcz, Robert ^a  

^a MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ibotenic acid; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenine; Neurodegeneration; Neuroprotection; Quinolinic acid

Indexed keywords

EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IBOTENIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIOSIS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029961662     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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